Donald Trump – Get to Know the Man

DONALD TRUMP Getting to Know Him Better

Trump, hopefully at least, is awakening the willfully ignorant. And yet the criticisms of Trump are curiously missing something. They are lacking in negative stories from those who work for Donald Trump or have had business dealings with him. After all the employees he’s had and all the business deals he’s made there is a curious void of criticism.

In fact, long-term employees call him a strong and merciful leader and say he is far more righteous and of high integrity than people may think. While it may surprise many, he’s actually humble when it comes to his generosity and kindness.

A good example is the story that tells of his limousine breaking down on a deserted highway outside of New York City. A middle-aged couple stopped to help him and as a thank you he paid off their mortgage. And yet, he didn’t brag about that. Generous and good people rarely talk of charity they bestow on others.

But as much as all this is interesting, the real thing that people want to know is what Donald Trump’s plan is for America. It’s funny how so many people say they don’t know what it is, or they act like Trump is hiding it when in case of point, the information is readily available if people would just do a little homework.

Since most Americans refuse to do their own research, here in no particular order, is an overview of many of Trump’s positions and plans:

1. Trump believes that America should not intervene militarily in other country’s problems without being compensated for doing so. If America is going to risk the lives of our soldiers and incur the monumental expense of going to war, then those nations we help must be willing to pay for our help.

Using the Iraq War as an example, he cites the huge monetary expense to American taxpayers (over $1.5 trillion, and possibly more depending on which sources are used to determine the cost) in addition to the cost in human lives. He suggests that Iraq should have been required to give us enough of their oil to pay for the expenses we incurred. He includes in those expenses the medical costs for our military as well as $5 million for each family that lost a loved one in the war and $2 million for each family of soldiers who received severe injuries.

2. Speaking of the military, Trump wants America to have a strong military again. He believes the single most important function of the federal government is national defense. He has said he wants to find the General Patton or General MacArthur that could lead our military buildup back to the strength it needs to be. While he hasn’t said it directly that I know of, Trump’s attitude about America and about winning tells me he’d most likely be quick to eliminate rules of engagement that handicap our military in battle.

Clearly Trump is a “win at all costs” kind of guy, and I’m sure that would apply to our national defense and security, too.

3. Trump wants a strong foreign policy and believes that it must include 7 core principles (which seem to support my comment in the last point):

American interests come first. Always. No apologies.

· Maximum firepower and military preparedness.

· Only go to war to win.

· Stay loyal to your friends and suspicious of your enemies.

· Keep the technological sword razor sharp.

· See the unseen.

· Prepare for threats before they materialize.

· Respect, honor and support our present and past warriors.

4. Trump believes that terrorists who are captured should be treated as military combatants, not as criminals as the Obama administration presently treats them.

5. Trump makes the point that China’s manipulation of their currency has given them an unfair advantage in our trade dealings with them. He states we must tax their imports to offset their currency manipulation, which will cause American companies to be competitive again and drive manufacturing back to America to create jobs here. Although he sees China as the worst offender, he believes that America should protect itself from all foreign efforts to take our jobs and manufacturing.

For example, Ford is building a plant in Mexico and Trump suggests that every part or vehicle Ford makes in Mexico be taxed 35% if they want to bring it into the US, which would cause companies like Ford to no longer be competitive using their Mexican operations and move manufacturing back to the US, once again, creating jobs here.

6. Trump wants passage of NOPEC legislation (No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels Act – NOPEC – S.394), that would allow the government to sue OPEC for violating antitrust laws. According to Trump, this would break up the cartel. He also wants to unleash our energy companies to drill domestically thereby increasing domestic production, creating jobs and driving domestic costs of oil and gas down while reducing dependence on foreign oil.

7. Trump believes a secure border is critical for both security and prosperity in America. He wants to build a wall to stop illegals from entering and put controls on immigration. (And, he says he’ll get Mexico to finance the wall, which many have scoffed at, but given his business acumen, I wouldn’t put it past him.) He also wants to enforce our present immigration laws and provide no path to citizenship for illegals.

8. Trump wants a radical change to the tax system to not only make it better for average Americans, but also to encourage businesses to stay here and foreign businesses to choose to move here. The resulting influx of money to our nation would do wonders for our economy.

He wants to make America the place to do business. He also wants to lower the death tax and the taxes on capital gains and dividends. This would put more than $1.6 trillion back into the economy and help rebuild the 1.5 million jobs we’ve lost to the current tax system. He also wants to charge companies who outsource jobs overseas a 20% tax, but for those willing to move jobs back to America they would not be taxed.

For citizens, he has a tax plan that would allow Americans to keep more of what they earn and spark economic growth. He wants to change the personal income tax as follows:

Up to $30,000 taxed at 1%

· From $30,000 to $100,000 taxed at 5%

· From $100,000 to $1,000,000 taxed at 10%

· $1,000,000 and above taxed at 15%

9. Trump wants Obamacare repealed. He says it’s a “job-killing, health care-destroying monstrosity” that “can’t be reformed, salvaged, or fixed.” He believes in allowing real competition in the health insurance marketplace to allow competition to drive prices down. He also believes in tort reform to get rid of defensive medicine and lower costs.

10. Trump wants spending reforms in Washington, acknowledging that America spends far more than it receives in revenue. He has said he believes that if we don’t stop increasing the national debt once it hits $24 trillion it will be impossible to save this country.

11. Even though he says we need to cut spending, he does not want to harm those on Medicare, Medicaid or Social Security. He believes that the citizens have faithfully paid in to the system to have these services available and that the American government has an obligation to fulfill its end of the bargain and provide those benefits. Therefore, he wants to build the economy up so that we have the revenue to pay those costs without cutting the benefits to the recipients. He disagrees with Democrats who think raising taxes is the answer and says that when you do that you stifle the economy.

On the other hand, when you lower taxes and create an environment to help businesses, they will grow, hire more workers, and those new workers will be paying taxes that become more tax revenue for the government.

12. Trump also wants reform of the welfare state saying that America needs “a safety net, not a hammock.” He believes in a welfare to work program that would help reduce the welfare roles and encourage people to get back to work. And he wants a crackdown on entitlement fraud.

13. Trump believes climate change is a hoax.

14. Trump opposes Common Core and believes that our schools should be administered and guided by their local communities.

15. Trump is pro-life, although he allows for exceptions due to rape, incest or the life of the mother.

16. Trump is pro Second Amendment rights.

Limit restrictions on guns. Ban some assault weapons and extend the waiting period for purchase. During a 2013 interview with Fox News, the real estate mogul defined himself as, “a very strong person on the Second Amendment.” He believes guns are necessary for self-defense and has written that he generally opposes gun control. In his 2000 book, “The America We Deserve” Trump wrote that he supports a ban on assault weapons and a slightly longer waiting period to buy a gun. (http://www.pbs.org/…/donald-trump-believe-candidate-stands…/)

17. Trump’s view on same-sex marriage is that marriage is between a man and a woman, but he also believes that this is a states rights issue, not a federal issue.

18. Trump supports the death penalty.

Trump believes that there is a lack of common sense and innovative thinking in Washington (Hmmm… looks like he believes in good ole horse sense!). He says it’s about seeing the unseen and that’s the kind of thinking we need to turn this country around.

He tells a personal story to illustrate the point: “When I opened Trump National Golf Club at Rancho Palos Verdes in Los Angeles, I was immediately told that I would need to build a new and costly ballroom. The current ballroom was gorgeous, but it only sat 200 people and we were losing business because people needed a larger space for their events. Building a new ballroom would take years to get approval and permits (since it’s on the Pacific Ocean), and cost about $5 million. I took one look at the ballroom and saw immediately what needed to be done.

The problem wasn’t the size of the room, it was the size of the chairs. They were huge, heavy, and unwieldy. We didn’t need a bigger ballroom, we needed smaller chairs! So I had them replaced with high-end, smaller chairs. I then had our people sell the old chairs and got more money for them than the cost of the new chairs. In the end, the ballroom went from seating 200 people to seating 320 people. Our visitors got the space they desired, and I spared everyone the hassle of years of construction and $5 million of expense. It’s amazing what you can accomplish with a little common sense.”

On top of his saving years of construction and $5 million in expenses, he also was able to keep the ballroom open for business during the time it would have been closed for remodeling, which allowed him to continue to make money on the space instead of losing that revenue during construction time.

Donald Trump’s entire life has been made up of success and winning. He’s been accused of bankruptcies, but that’s not true. He’s never filed personal bankruptcy. He’s bought companies and legally used bankruptcy laws to restructure their debt, just as other businesses do all the time. But he’s never been bankrupt personally.

He’s a fighter that clearly loves America and would fight for our nation.

Earlier, I quoted Mr Trump saying, “I love America. And when you love something, you protect it passionately… fiercely, even.” We never hear that from Democrats or even from most Republicans. Donald Trump is saying things that desperately need to be said but no other candidate has shown the fortitude to stand up and say them.
Looking over this list of what he wants for America, I see a very necessary set of goals that are long past due. Before we criticize someone because the media does, perhaps we should seriously consider what he has to offer?

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